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Mersha Chanie Tamiru Negash Samuel Bekele Tilahun 《Tropical animal health and production》2009,41(7):1309-1317
Commercial poultry production is one of the flourishing ventures of animal production in Ethiopia. It has been providing to
the demands of proteins at least to the urban population, though concurrent health constraints are hampering its intended
potential. This study reports the influence of infectious diseases in commercial broiler farms in central Ethiopia. In this
study, clinical signs, gross lesions, laboratory tests (serology, bacterial culture, histopathology and parasitology) and
farm management data were used to identify major causes of outbreaks in an age specific manner in broiler chickens in three
poultry farms in Debre Zeit, Central Ethiopia. The outbreaks detected in the farms were due to mycoplasmosis, salmonellosis,
colibacillosis, coccidiosis and infectious bursal disease. It is observed that the occurrence of concurrent diseases in the
farms significantly affects the productivity and health status of broilers. The risk factors that predispose birds to the
various infections in the different farms studied were also recorded. In addition, recommendations were also provided. 相似文献
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Ectoparasites are the major causes of various types of skin lesions in small ruminants in Ethiopia 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Mersha Chanie Tamiru Negash Asegedech Sirak 《Tropical animal health and production》2010,42(6):1103-1109
Ectoparasites are the major causes of skin lesions in animals. Clinical, skin scraping examination, and histopathological
studies were conducted to identify and characterize skin lesions in small ruminants caused by ectoparasites. Mange mites,
lice, sheep keds, and ticks were collected from the skin of affected animals for species identification. Skin biopsies were
collected from affected part of the skin and fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin for histopathology. Of 1,000 sheep and
600 goats examined, 815 (81.50%) sheep and 327 (54.5%) goats were infested with one or more types of ectoparasites. Sarcoptes scabiei var ovis, Demodex ovis, Psoroptes ovis, Bovicola ovis, Melophagus ovinus, and Amblyomma variegatum and other tick species were identified from sheep. S. scabiei var caprae, Demodex caprae, Linognathus stenopsis, and A. variegatum and other tick species were identified from goats. Gross skin lesions or defects observed on the skin include stained and
ragged wool, loss of wool/hair, nodules, crusts, lichenification, and fissuring. Microscopic evaluation of H and E stained
skin sections revealed lesions in the epidermal layer such as hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, and melanin inconsistency on the
basal cells of the epidermis. Follicular keratosis, perifolliculitis, frunculosis, perivasculitis, and aggregates of inflammatory
cells (of acute and chronic type) with fibrosis were experiential in the dermal layer of the skin. Most of the skin lesions
caused by ectoparasites are overlapping. Thus, ectoparasites control program should be executed to reduce skin lesions as
skins are the major export commodity of the country. 相似文献
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Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of bovine brucellosis in Addis Ababa dairy farms 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
A cross-sectional study was carried out on bovine brucellosis in Addis Ababa dairy farms from November 2003 to April 2004. A total of 1,202 blood samples were collected from non-vaccinated, cross-bred dairy cattle. The Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT) was used as a screening test. Those serum samples reacting positively to RBPT were subjected to the complement fixation test (CFT) for confirmation. The RBPT detected 30 of 1,202 (2.5%) of the samples as brucellosis positive. The positive sera when further retested using CFT, 18 out of the 30 RBPT positive sera were confirmed to be positive. The prevalence of brucellosis based on CFT in the study area was 1.5%, and all positive sera were from female cattle. Result of the questionnaire survey revealed that percentage of 4.4% abortion and 9.5% retained fetal membranes. Abortion and retained fetal membranes were associated with Brucella antibodies (P?0.05). A total of 153 cattle attendants and owners in the farms were interviewed, and 73.5% were found to have no knowledge of brucellosis, only 20.8% wear protective gloves during handling aborted material and 39.6% responded that they consume raw milk. Results of this study showed that prevalence of bovine brucellosis in the study area is low and a test-and-slaughter policy can be used in order to control the diseases in dairy farms of Addis Ababa. 相似文献
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Asrat Tera Dolebo Aberra Melesse Cristian Porcu Tesfaye Getachew Aynalem Haile Mariem Rouatbi Zelalem Abate Muluken Zeleke Barbara Rischkowsky Joram M. Mwacharo Mourad Rekik 《Animal Science Journal》2020,91(1)
To understand the ovarian basis for prolificacy of Bonga sheep, a total of 31 ewes were selected based on litter size (LS) records and divided into two groups: High Prolificacy (HP) (n = 20) with LS ≥ 2 and Low Prolificacy (LP) (n = 11) with LS = 1. At a synchronized estrus, follicular dynamics were determined using transrectal ultrasonography. Plasma estradiol concentrations were also monitored. In total 27 ewes were observed in estrus being 9/11 LP (82%) and 18/20 HP (90%). On the day of estrus (day 0), the mean number of large follicles was higher (p < .05) in HP (1.78 ± 0.19) than in LP (1.0 ± 0.28) ewes. Prior to estrus, more (p < .05) medium follicles were visible for HP compared to LP ewes. Plasma estradiol concentrations were higher in HP compared to LP ewes (18.91 ± 0.41 vs. 14.51 ± 0.65 pg/ml; p < .05) and similarly was ovulation number (2.3 ± 0.15 vs. 1.28 ± 0. 14; p < .05). Higher ovulation rates and litter size in Bonga sheep are evidenced by the previous presence of more large follicles and the existence of co‐dominance effects as most likely medium follicles are selected to ovulate. 相似文献
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Epidemics of bean rust ( Uromyces appendiculatus ) and their effects on host dynamics of common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) were studied in three controlled greenhouse experiments, with and without fungicide sprays, on two susceptible bean cultivars, Dufrix and Duplika. Bean plants were artificially inoculated with a suspension of 105 U. appendiculatus urediniospores mL−1 water and temporal disease progress, as well as host growth dynamics (leaf size and defoliation), were monitored on a leaflet basis in comparison with non-inoculated plants, which were sprayed with deionized water. Progress curves of bean rust, expressed as the proportion of leaf area occupied by pustules (uredinia), or as the proportion occupied by total lesion area (= halo areas + pustule area), were well described by logistic functions with maximum disease levels clearly lower than 1. Bean rust epidemics substantially affected host growth by reducing the total leaf area formed by 17·4–35·6% and 35·3–46·2% compared with healthy plants for cvs Dufrix and Duplika, respectively. Fungicide sprays mitigated the negative effect of bean rust, leading to a gain in leaf area of 17–21% compared with unsprayed plants in both cultivars in two experiments, while in another experiment, disease control had no effect in Dufrix, but a clear effect in Duplika. In addition to the growth depression, bean rust also led to pronounced losses of leaf area as a result of reduced leaf size (leaf shrivelling) and accelerated defoliation. 相似文献
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A study on dermatophilosis in sheep (n = 1432) and goats (n = 1128) was conducted in Northeast Ethiopia. Out of 2560 examined
animals, 55 (2.14%) had clinical dermatophilosis. The respective prevalence in sheep and goats were 1.5% and 2.9%. There was
no significant difference (p > 0.05) in prevalence between sheep and goats and different sexes in both species. In goats,
the prevalence in young (8.7%) was significantly (p < 0.05) higher than in adults (2.3%). Clinical disease was associated
with orf (45% in sheep and 12% in goats), pox (22% in sheep and 18% in goats) and ticks in goats (36%, 12/33). Other risk
factors associated with transmission and spread of the disease were discussed. Vaccination against concurrent infections,
improved management schemes to alleviate the impact of risk factors and early antibiotic treatment against clinical disease
are recommended. 相似文献
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Zelalem Mersha Shouan Zhang Bernhard Hau 《European journal of plant pathology / European Foundation for Plant Pathology》2014,138(1):39-49
Black leaf mold (BLM), caused by Pseudocercospora fuligena is a serious threat to tomato production in the humid tropics. Accurate information about the incubation (IP) and latent period (LP) under various host susceptibility and weather favourability circumstances will help to formulate holistic approaches to manage this disease. In this study, effects of temperature, wetness duration, and leaf age on the monocyclic components (IP and LP) of BLM were studied from growth chamber (GC) and greenhouse (GH) experiments as well as detached leaf assays in growth cabins. Linear interpolation and inflection point (of logistic regression model) methods were used to determine IP and LP. These two methods were highly correlated in GC (r 2?=?0.89; P?<?0.0001) and GH experiments (r 2?=?0.90; P?<?0.0001) except when the epidemics were not asymptotic. Thus, IP and LP were estimated according to inflection point method. There was a delay of at least 5 days of IP and LP when plants were left in non-humid open environment than when exposed to wetness durations of 1, 2 or 3 days after inoculation. In general, IP and LP became shorter as the temperature increased from 20–24 and then to 28 °C. In growth chambers, there was more disease and consequently shorter IP and LP on young and unfolded tomato leaves that were 1-, 3-, or 5-week old at the time of inoculation than 7-week old leaves. In the greenhouse, there was about 50 % more disease incidence and sporulation on 1-week than 3-week old leaves. The shortest IP (8–11 days) and LP (12–13 days) were recorded from two out of three GH experiments on 1-week old leaves at an ambient mean temperature of 28.5 °C. This study implicated that fresh market tomatoes planted during warm temperatures in 50-mesh greenhouses and exposed to extended periods of wetness are highly prone to BLM infection at their young stages of growth. 相似文献
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